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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mile End 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]
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The following tables will show the cost of Road Watering, Repairs, Scavenging and Removal of Dust for the
past three years:
ROAD WATERING.
1889.
1890.
1891.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Wages of drivers
213
5
0
Wages of drivers
275
3
0
Wages of drivers
309
6
11
Horse hire
107
12
0
Horse hire
58
8
6
Horse Hire
78
12
6
Keep of Vestry's horses
= 1,382 working
days
357
0
4
Keep of Vestry's horses
= 1,340 working
days
374
1
8
Keep of Vestry's horses
= 1,307 working
days
353
19
7
East London Water Co.
for 7,739,000 gallons
of water
313
13
10
East London Water Co.
for 8,677,000 gallons
of water
345
7
0
East London Water Co.
for 8,470,000 gallons
of water
338
7
3
£991
11
2
£1,050
0
2
£1,080
6
3